In order to widen the scientific research themes and strengthen international and national relationships of young researchers and students with other Faculty of Public Health among Southeast Asian countries, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy will host The Second Scientific Conference of Young Researchers in April 2018.

The theme of the 9th ICPH-GMS (2017), Yangon is “Adopting Healthy Lifestyle: Combating Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)”. NCDs are the leading causes of death in the GMS countries at present and they create enormous health burden with serious socioeconomic implications.

This kick-off meeting is organised to start officially the four year transdisciplinary research project Scaling-up nutrition-sensitive agricultural initiatives in mountainous areas in Vietnam and Lao PDR a collaboration of...

A/Professor Vo Van Thang

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Director of ICHR, Dean of Faculty of Public health- Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Honourable Professor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Participating as a lecturer in postgraduate training for many universities internationally such as: the Netherlands, Italy and Australia. Authors of many scientific research projects nationally and internationally. Excellent experience in mentoring for many research projects in public health and medical education, supervising for many study programs in Hue city of undergraduate and post graduate students from universities and organization internationally (Australia, the Netherlands, the US; among which there were 7 PhD projects and more than 50 Bachelors of public healthand Social workers from QUT, Australia, co-supervisor of 1 PhD project completed at QUT in 2011). As a founding leader in the Sub-Mekong Regional Public Health Network, he has enabled active collaborators between Hue UMP and many universities in China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Philippines.